Our People

Lumber Traders

"Lignum has always been known for the exceptional service provided by our lumber marketing team."

Craig Stuart

Craig has been in the lumber industry for the past 27 years. The majority of that time has been focused on the truss industry and their requirements. Through our distributions centres in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, Craig provides truss plants with MSR, webs and other engineered products used in the manufacturing of residential and commercial trusses.

Ian Leask

Ian has spent 26 years in the lumber business, trading commodities in North America and marketing specialties to Asia and Europe. His primary focus is selling MSR to truss manufacturers in the U.S. while developing new business in Lignum's traditional SPF markets.

Chuck Murdoch

Chuck has 25 years of experience in the lumber industry as a retail buyer and lumber trader. Chuck is responsible for running a distribution centre in Denver, Colorado specializing in 2×4 2&Better and MSR product. He is also responsible for selling web and chord stock to truss plants throughout North America.

Mike DeMarni

Mike has over 20 years of experience in the Western Red Cedar industry. His varied experience in the business includes sawmill supervision, mill remanufacturing, programming and scheduling, distribution sales, Operations Management, and most recently North American sales. Mike works with our WRC team of traders and support staff to expand our vendor, remanufacturing, custom cutting programs, and to establish the Lignum Cedar brand as top quality and best value mix of products.

Henry Pankratz

Henry has over 35 years of lumber industry experience in the export market. He is responsible for our export sales, working primarily in the Japanese and UK markets.

John Rogers

John has worked in the Forest Industry as a logger, forester, and Lumber trader for the past 20 years. His primary focus for the past 12 years has been on remanufacturing and trading specialty Western Red Cedar, SPF, and Douglas-fir across Canada and the US. With extensive supplier contacts and product knowledge he is able to work with his customers to find the best price and product for their specific needs.

Jon Sitter

Jon has 16 years experience in the lumber industry as a lumber trader and a remanufacturer. Jon's main focus has been on the North American truss market, selling MSR throughout Canada and the US. With our exclusive agreement with Tembec, Jon has built a loyal following of customers that use Tembec's high quality MSR.

Bruce Tays

Specializing in Western Red Cedar (WRC) since 1981, Bruce has focused on the processing side of the business, identifying opportunities in both the primary and secondary sectors. At Lignum, Bruce is responsible for our Specialty Division, remanning product at 2 different facilities. The main focus of Bruce's group is to provide our customers with specified loads and just in time delivery.

Chris Tays

Relatively new to the Western Red Cedar game, Chris has been steadily developing accounts in both Canada and the US. Utilizing 2 remanufacturing facilities, Chris delivers outstanding customer service, with competitive pricing.

Rod Sims

Rod has over 25 years of experience in the forest products industry. He brings with him long term relationships with suppliers, customers and logistics companies. As the lumber industry has changed and evolved over the years, Rod continues to successfully market SPF products of all grades from Industrial Low Grade items in Canada and the US to a variety products for export usage.

John Starrett

John has over 30 years of experience in the lumber industry. John's focus at Lignum is mainly the Western Canadian market; in particular the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Within these markets John supplies his customers with construction grade lumber in both SPF and D-Fir as well as boards, panelling and decking in various grades and species.